The Red Hand campaign began on Feb. 22, 2008, when German youth activists initiated to collect the 250,000 hand-prints ultimately presented in a book to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as a plea to ...

Feruary 12, 2002 - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former child soldier from Sudan plant red hands in Geneva to mark the entry into force of a new UN treaty to stop the use of child ...

Former child soldiers, forced to commit unimaginable acts of violence, have to navigate the scars of war and rebuild their lives. On Red Hand Day, stories from Sierra Leone offer a glimpse into ...

Some 250,000 children are being abused as soldiers around the world. Today’s International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers (Red Hand Day) is drawing attention to their plight. Germany is ...

Red Hand Day Philipp Sandner / mc 02/12/2013 February 12, 2013. Red Hand Day recalls the trauma of child soldiers and the help they need readjusting to civilian life. A recent ICC ruling granted ...

Coronavirus pandemic feared driving more children into armed groups as world marks Red Hand Day. By Emeline Wuilbercq. Feb 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fallout from the coronavirus pandemic ...

It is estimated that 250,000 children throughout the world are being deployed as soldiers. The German Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers launched the Red Hand Day Campaign in 2004 to draw… ...

On this Red Hand Day for Child Soldiers we talk to a teenage survivor from South Sudan. Sign-up to our newsletter; When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Around the world, tens of thousands of children are fighting in armed conflicts where they're routinely exposed to violence, sexual exploitation and psychological trauma. Some 40 percent of them ...

Tomorrow we mark the international day against the use of child soldiers, Red Hand Day. Around the world, tens of thousands of children are estimated to be recruited into and associated with armed ...